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2 EAST & BAYS COURIER, FEBRUARY 4, 2011
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Helping
kids with
dreams
Talented Kiwi kids in
need are invited to apply
for Variety -- the
Children s Charity s
Gold Heart Scholarship
programme.
Sick, disabled or disad-
vantaged children can
now apply for $5000 and
a mentor to help them
reach their goals.
The winners will
already be at a high level
in their field and show
passion and commitment
to achieving a long-term
goal.
There are six scholar-
ships to give away to
young people up to 18
years old.
Variety chief executive
Lorraine Taylor says the
scholarships could be
used for pursuing
dreams in education as
well as music, art and
sport.
Over the past three
years we have funded 72
scholarships for Kiwi
kids in fields as varied as
rugby, artistic roller
skating, flute and art --
regardless of the field or
the adversity they have
overcome, the common
theme with these chil-
dren is their outstanding
talent and determination
to reach their dreams.
Applications close on
March 31.
See www.variety.org.
nz or call Heather Stevens
on 520-4111 for more
information.
A left-wing party
just won't happen
Listen to Willie Jackson on Monday
at 10am on Radio Waatea 603AM
'
So, really it would be a bit nai¨ve, in fact stupid,
to think now that Hone would want to set up a
party to support Trotter, Bradford and their
mates.
'
Former Green MP Sue
Bradford is in cuck-
ooland if she thinks
Hone Harawira is going
to cash in his chips with
the Maori Party and set
up a new left-wing party.
Bradford and some of
the misinformed media
for some reason think
Harawira might be con-
templating a move to the
left if he s given the boot,
however, she and her
supporters are not read-
ing the situation prop-
erly.
Although Harawira
has clearly been promot-
ing some of the policies
and principles that a
left-wing party would
advocate, like support for
the poor, an increase in
the minimum wage and
a fairer tax system, he
first and foremost is an
advocate for his people.
That in essence means
that he is interested in
advancing Maori inter-
ests and those interests
might not always fall
within a left-wing para-
digm.
For example, left-
wingers, like right-
wingers, are great
advocates of democracy.
For them democracy is
the answer to the world s
woes.
And while you d have
to admit that democracy
has some merits, it is not
the be-all and end-all for
Maori and other indigen-
ous peoples throughout
the world.
In a democracy, the
majority always rules
and one only has to look
at the historical experi-
ence of Maori, Australian
Aboriginals and Amer-
ican Indians to realise
how badly indigenous
people have fared and
you can understand why
there is still trepidation
today about this system
of government.
Fiji very recently
decided that their demo-
cratic government was so
corrupt that they had to
get rid of it and now the
military is in charge.
This has sparked huge
outrage in New Zealand
and Australia especially
from left wingers who
have condemned the
indigenous Fijians for
daring to get rid of their
beloved democratic sys-
tem.
And of course recently
there is no better
example of how democ-
racy can be used against
Maori when the Labour
Party used its majority
vote to stop Maori from
having their title claims
investigated by any court
of law.
Labour brought in the
evil Foreshore and
Seabed Act in 2004 that
was championed by some
of this country s most
prominent left-wingers.
The left s top writer
Chris Trotter saw the act
as a defence against
Maori radicals, ie, people
like Hone Harawira who
wanted to take the
country away from good
Pakeha people like him.
So, really it would be a
bit nai¨ve, in fact stupid,
to think now that Hone
would want to set up a
party to support Trotter,
Bradford and their
mates.
No, that simply won t
happen, because if
Harawira leaves the
party he will set up
another Maori Party.
That s what Hone
believes in, that is the
only option.
New Tamaki board
The Tamaki Transformation Pro-
gramme was endorsed by the Auck-
land Council s future vision committee
this week.
Council chief executive Doug McKay
and chief planning officer Dr Roger
Blakeley were appointed to the
programme s new interim board at the
committee meeting on Tuesday.
The board will advise the council
and relevant ministries with a recom-
mended structure, scope, mandate and
legal form for a new urban regener-
ation entity.
Housing Minister Phil Heatley says
this will formalise the programme and
create measurable improvement .
Also on the board will be ministries
chief executives, iwi and community
candidates endorsed by the council.
Mayor Len Brown is calling for more
information from the government on
its spending proposals for the area.
The council has inherited a commit-
ment from the Auckland City Council
to invest $373 million in projects in
Tamaki over 10 years.
There s been a huge amount of con-
sultation but it s been some time since
the community was apprised of what s
going on with the transformation. This
is a project that has to be driven by the
local community, Mr Brown says.
The programme was launched in
2007 as a partnership between central
government agencies, local govern-
ment and other agencies aimed at
improving housing, education, employ-
ment and health in the area.
Mr Brown wants to see greater syn-
ergy between the programme, the
Tamaki university campus and busi-
ness and involvement of the local
board.